Thanks for the help tapewolf.
On a side note, Mac OSX users can show/hide hidden files by entering the following two shell commands:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
To have the system hide the files again, simply re-enter the commands with FALSE instead of TRUE.
(Or, you can go get a Dashboard widget to put a nice user interface on the process..
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/showhidewidget.html )